Figurative Language Quiz

Made up or created by an author

• fiction

• non-fiction

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Describes one things in terms of another thing in terms of another

• non-fiction

• fiction

• ballad

• figure of speech

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Biography, newspaper, and a textbook are examples of

• fiction

• non-fiction

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A person, place, thing, or event that represents something deeper. Example: dove represents peace.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A comparison that equates two people, places, or objects. does not use "like" or "as."

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Love is a camera full of memories" is an example of

• metaphor

• alliteration

• an idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A saying that does not make sense literally. One example is, "It is raining cats and dogs."

• hyperbole
• imagery
• non-fiction
• an idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

"The flowers danced in the summer's breeze" is an example of

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name" is an example of

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse." is an example

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A